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  • 2019-06-06 (xsd:date)
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  • No, this photo does not show black protesters in Melbourne, Australia (en)
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  • A photo has been shared hundreds of times in a Facebook post published in May 2019 alongside a claim it shows black protesters in Melbourne, Australia. The claim is false; the photo was actually taken by the European Pressphoto Agency and shows a group of protesters in Italy in 2010. The photo was shared in this Facebook post on June 1, 2019. It has been shared more than 300 times after being posted by a Facebook page called Aussie Values, which has more than 10,900 followers. Below is a screenshot of the post: The top image in the misleading Facebook post shows a group of black protesters in a street. The text superimposed on the top image states: Welcome to Melbourne where the locals live in fear and the government lives in denial. Melbourne is the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria. The bottom image in the misleading Facebook post shows the face of Australian politician Daniel Andrews , Premier of Victoria. The claim is false; the photo actually shows a group of protesters in Italy in 2010. A reverse image search on Google found the photo here , published by the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) on January 8, 2010. The photo caption states: A group of immigrants living in Rosarno, take part in a protest demonstration in Rosarno, Italy, on 08 January 2010. Thousands of immigrants protested against racism in the southern Italian town of Rosarno after a night of rioting that was sparked by an attack on African farm workers by a gang of white youths. EPA/FRANCO CUFARI. Below is a screenshot comparison of the top photo in the misleading post (L) and the EPA photo (R): The same photo was published in this New York Times report entitled ‘Race Riots Grip Italian Town, and Mafia Is Suspected’, on January 10, 2010. Similar photos of the same demonstration in Rosarno were published on the AFP Forum here on January 8, 2010. The caption of this photo states: Immigrant workers face police during a protest in the southern town of Rosarno on January 8, 2010, the day after scuffles between immigrants and Italian police took place. The farm labourers, mostly from Africa, were angered after a number of them had been shot earlier in the day with an air rifle. AFP PHOTO. Below is a screenshot of some of the AFP pictures: (en)
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